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Ashford KIWI 3 SPINNING WHEEL Instructions Manual

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Ashford Handicrafts Limited
Factory and Showroom: 415 West Street
PO Box 474, Ashburton 7700 New Zealand
Telephone 64 3 308 9087
Email: sales@ashford.co.nz Internet: www.ashford.co.nz
INSTRUCTIONS
KIWI 3 SPINNING WHEEL
Ashford Guarantee
Thank you for purchasing this Ashford product. In the unlikely event there is any
fault in manufacture, please contact the dealer you purchased it from. To
validate the guarantee, please go to www.ashford.co.nz/product-registration
or email us.
KSW3020920V13

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  • Page 1 Ashford Guarantee Factory and Showroom: 415 West Street Thank you for purchasing this Ashford product. In the unlikely event there is any PO Box 474, Ashburton 7700 New Zealand fault in manufacture, please contact the dealer you purchased it from. To Telephone 64 3 308 9087 validate the guarantee, please go to www.ashford.co.nz/product-registration...

  • Page 2: Tools Required

    Ashford Wax Finish to enhance the natural colours and 50 years. The Kiwi 3 Spinning Wheel is also available factory character of this timber. finished in clear lacquer.
  • Page 3 Real Scale Hardware List Metal Plate Drive Band...
  • Page 4 Thread 2 hooks into the flyer base. Squeeze and slide the yarn guides onto the flyer arms. Apply a drop of oil to the flyer shaft and slide a bobbin and flyer whorl into position. Tap wooden dowels to the bottom of the holes in either end of the treadle rail.
  • Page 5 Remove the protective film and locate the metal cover plates into the polyurethane hinges. Then attach the hinges to the treadle rail with 16mm (⅝”) screws. Lay the base on its back. Remove the protective film and locate the metal cover plates into the polyurethane hinges.
  • Page 6 Attach the back feet to the front feet with 30mm (1¼”) bolts, washers and knobs. Tap wooden dowels down to the bottom of the holes in the back feet. Attach the “toe saver” to the base with 50mm (2”) screws.
  • Page 7 Locate the base onto the dowels and secure the base to the back feet with 50mm (2”) bolt and barrel nuts. Note the “toe saver” is towards the front. Tap wooden dowels to the bottom of the holes in both ends of the main upright.
  • Page 8 Slide the crank through the ball bearings. If necessary apply a drop of oil to the crank. Slide the brass spacer onto the crank. Then slide the wheel on. The groove for the hub pin is to the back.
  • Page 9 Align the groove in the wheel with the hole in crank. Locate the hub pin into the groove and tap partially into the hole in the crank. Place the indented end of a lazy kate pin over the hub pin and carefully tap until level with the wheel.
  • Page 10 Slide the inner shell of the conrod universal joint onto the front crank until it clicks into the groove. Apply a drop of oil to the inner shell. Then click the front conrod onto the universal joint on the crank. Tap the nylon bearing down to the bottom of the hole in the rear flyer...
  • Page 11 Place the maiden bar onto the dowels in the main upright and secure with a 50mm (2”) bolt and barrel nut. Insert the end of the flyer shaft into the rear flyer bearing and click the flyer orifice into the front flyer bearing.
  • Page 12 Gently tap the indented end of the lazy kate pins into the base and locate the bobbins on them for storage and plying. Stop tapping when the pins reach the bottom of the holes. Locate the drive band around the large flyer whorl and small groove in the wheel.

  • Page 13: Maintenance

    Locate the threading hook and Allen key into the holes in the maiden bar. Maintenance To make spinning easier apply a drop of Ashford Spinning Wheel Oil to the flyer, bobbin and conrod bearings. Note: The ball bearings are sealed for life and do not require oiling.
  • Page 14 * For further spinning and plying information refer to in the upright position. "The Ashford Book of Hand Spinning" by Jo Reeve, a 116 page book full of ideas and inspirations for Carry your Kiwi 3 either by the main upright, spinners or visit our website www.ashford.co.nz...